“I’m a fan of old rock and roll, and there used to be a lot of live albums out there,” he tells KMLE. “We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for our live show. There’s been many times where it’s carried us. Our live show we could always count on. So we thought it was the right moment to capture that, before we got too far away from it.”

What about the energy? “It was just rabid,” Eric says. The crowd was “wild, and I like that rowdy feeling.”

KMLE asked him about that “rabid” energy and his on-stage persona in general–since in person, he comes across polite, pleasant, and very low-key.

“It’s like a spring,” Eric says of his stage energy. “I come uncoiled. It’s kinda my release.” He admits he’s pretty laid back–the only times he’s not is when he’s on stage, “or when I drink too much whiskey.”